APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Subjective Inequality Scale: A New Way to Measure Inequality
- Anita Schmalor
University of British Columbia - Steven Heine
University of British Columbia
Abstract
We created the Subjective Inequality Scale (SIS) to measure people’s perception of inequality of outcome, inequality of opportunity, and fairness of inequality. In two samples (N = 1,189), we found that the SIS predicts decreased trust and happiness and increased status anxiety which replicates previous studies using objective inequality indices.
Psychology/Diversity
